Tyler Perry’s ‘The Haves and the Have Nots’ to End With Season 8

Tyler Perry’s ‘The Haves and the Have Nots’ to End With Season 8 on OWN

The Tyler Perry drama, The Haves and the Have Nots, will reportedly end with its current eighth season.

Tyler Perry

The series is an American crime drama and soap opera created, executive produced, written, and directed by Tyler Perry. It premiered on May 28, 2013 on the Oprah Winfrey Network and was the first scripted television series to air on the network.

The series follows three families and their lifestyles as they coexist in Savannah, Georgia: the rich, powerful, and locally very public Cryer and Harrington families (dubbed “The Haves”) and the poor and destitute Young family (dubbed “The Have Nots”). The Young family is headed by Hanna, a single mother who works as the Cryer family’s maid and also serves as the best friend and confidante of the lady of the house, Katheryn. Included as part of The Have Nots is another maid of the Cryer family’s, Celine Gonzales. While the Young family versus the Cryer and Harrington families lead polar opposite lifestyles in terms of social class, economics, social status, and surroundings, they are each similar in that they lead exceedingly dysfunctional lifestyles.

Oprah Winfrey

“The Haves and the Have Nots was the first scripted drama we aired on OWN, and to say it took off from the first day it hit the air is an understatement,” said OWN founder Oprah Winfrey. “It’s all due to one man’s creativity and very vivid imagination, a man I refer to as my ‘big little brother,’ Tyler Perry. I thank Tyler, the incredible cast, the tireless crew and every single viewer who watched with bated breath each week and tweeted along with us these past eight years. I will be watching alongside you all during this final season.”

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